Improvement in bottles



arresti* Prion.

lJOHN MAURERfOF NEV YORK. N. Y.

IMPROVEMENT IN BOTTLES.

Specification forming part of Letters PateutNo. :29,6ll1, dated August 14, 1850.

To all whom, t may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN MAURER, of the city, county, and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Bottles, &c.; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which- Figure 1 represents a vertical central section` of my invention, taken in the plane indicated by the line x x, Fig. 2. Fig. 2 is a rear elevation of ythe saine with the cap removed.

Similar letters of reference in both iigures indicate corresponding parts.

The object of' this'invention is to construct a bottle in such a manner that such portions of the liquid contained in the same which, in

pouring` out, are liable to adhere to the spout,

and which, with bottles of the ordinary conu struction, run down over the side of the bottle, to the great detriment of the labels, and which at the same time destroy the` cleanliness of the bottles, are conducted back into the interior of the bottle without being al.- lowed to cause any uncleanliness on the outside of the bottle or to spoil the label.

My invention consists in arranging around the perforated or slotted spout or neck of the bottle a doubly-inclined channel in such amanner that such portions of the liquid which, in pouring out, will run down over the outside of the spout are conducted back through said channel to the opening in the side of the spout, and through said opening to the interior, ofthe bottle. By this arrangement I am also enabled to use an india-rubber ring under the cap which closes the bottle, thereby producing an air-tight joint and preventing an evaporation of the contents of the`bottle.l

To enable those skilled in the art to make and use my invention, I will proceed Vto describe its construction and operation with reference to the drawings.

A represents the upper port-ion of a bottle or other vessel of that kind which is generally used in drug-stores. The upper part or neck of this bottle consists of two parts, one of which forms the spout B and the other a collar, C, around said spout. The upper edge of this collar is slightly inclined from` the front toward the rear of the bottle, and said edge is also inclined in a transverse direction,

as clearly shown in Fig. l, forming a doublyinclined channel, a, the lowest point of which is in the rear of the spout, and j ust opposite an opening, b, made through the side of the spout, and extending close down to the bottom of the channel a. This opening may extend all the way up to the edge of the spout, as represented in Fig. 2 of the drawings, or it may be simply a hole close down to the bottom of the channel a, and large enough to conduct the liquid which may run down on the outside of the spout into the channel a back into the linterior of the bottle. By giving to the channel an inclination both ways no portion of the liquid which may run down 011 the Outside of the spout will have a chance toescape over the outside ofthe channel-a, and all of it will f readily run back through this channel and throughthe opening b into the interior of the bottle.

My bottle is covered up by a cap, D, which may be ground down water-tight on the collar C, and with ordinary bottles, when it is desired to have a tight joint, it is indispensable to have said cap ground on the collar. `Vith my bottles the grinding can be dispensed with, and a ring, c, of india-rubber,placed under the cap, will form a tight joint and prevent the evaporation ofthe contents of the bottle. Such a packing-ring can, however, be applied with advantage only on bottles provided with the channel c, for without this channel some portions of the contents of the bottle will drip down on the ring whenever some part of said contents is poured out, and in many cases the packing will thereby become spoiled and useless in a very short time; and it so happens that those liquids which are most injurious to india-rubber, (this being the material which is best adapted for the packing,) as naphtha, benzine, turpentine, chloroform, &c., are very volatile and of a bad smell, so that a tight covering on bottles containing such liquids is most desirable. IV ith my improved bottle these objections do not exist, for the channel a prevents the liquid from dripping down on the packing-ring, and the employment of such a ring of any material whatever, and particularly of india-rubber,is thereby rendered practicable. The cap may thus be made to t quite loosely over the collar C, and its own gravity causes it to press down on the packing-ring c sufficiently hard to make a tight joint and to prevent an evaporation of the contents of the bottle.

These improvements are applicable to bottles of every class, Whether made of glass or c stoneware, or any other material," and they are of peculiar importance for druggists and other dealers who keep on hand a great variety of poisonous, or noxious, or volatile substances inclosed in bottles.

v Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

l. The arrangement of the doubly-inclined Channel a around the spout B of a bottle, in combination with an opening, I), in the side of said spout and at the lowest point of said channel, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

2. The combination of the doubly-inclined channel a with the packing-ring c, substantially as described, so that by the action of the channel the packing-ring is protected against the injurious influence of such portions ofthe contents of the bottle which, in pouring out, may run down on the outside of the spout.

JOHN lWIAURER. Vitnesses:

M. M. LIVINGSTON, L. W. BENARE. 

